This is an analysis of the poem Aberração that begins with:

Na velhice automática e na infância,
(Hoje, ontem, amanhã e em qualquer era) ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11010001110 11010111010 10100010100 1100000110 10110010010011 10100010100 10101101101000100 11010010110 1011001010110 0100010100 101100100111100 100101011100110 111001100010 10100010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ncia at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Aberração;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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